Japan initiates Mars moon sample mission
Japan is launching an unprecedented space mission to collect samples from the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos, aiming to study the origins of these two moons and search for signs of the planet Mars. The samples are expected to be returned to Earth in 2031. The mission includes the launch of a 5-ton spacecraft and a French-German probe called "EDIFICE" that will land on the surface of Phobos to gather samples, in an effort to achieve a milestone that no entity has accomplished before—bringing back samples from Mars’s moons. This mission is part of an international race in which Japan and China are competing to collect samples by 2031, amid substantial financial investments from several global space agencies.
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